Namco Bandai Games have been holding a pre-order campaign for the Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Wizard Edition available from their Clube Namco online store. The campaign is called Ninostarter and is offering extra items to be included in the Wizard Edition depending on the amount of pre-orders received. So far goal #1 has been met and for reaching that goal Namco Bandai will be including 5 Ni no Kuni prints with the Wizard Edition. Goal #2 is at 48% with 7 days left in the promotion. If they reach goal #2 they will add a collectors coin to the set. The promotion ends Aug 31st 2012.
Currently the Wizard Edition includes a Drippy plush doll, a 300+ page hard cover Wizards Companion book, 2 DLC golden familiars, and the game. The Wizards Edition is 99.99.
Went to Best Buy this week and they had this 3 pack of PS3 games for 29.99. The included games were Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Tomb Raider Underworld, and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. Uncharted is 29.99 by itself, so I basically got the other two games for free. Also all proceeds from this 3 pack will be used to fund programs and opportunities for America's youth by the Entertainment Software Association Foundation. If you haven't gotten Uncharted yet, but have been considering it, I suggest seeing if your local Best Buy has this pack. Not only do you get 2 free games, but your donating to a worthy cause. More information on how the ESA uses the proceeds can be found at http://www.theesa.com/foundation.
I also picked up Tangled on Bluray which is an awesome movie. And according to The LA Times is Disney's Final Fairy Tale for the foreseeable future. They believe the target audience of young girls is to small to warrant making any more for now due to "The Princess and the Frog" not doing well. I just think the Princess and the Frog wasn't that good a movie. At least not compared to some of their other fairy tale themed movies. What are your thoughts on the subject?
Got the Collectors Edition of Little Big Planet 2. The Collector's Edition came with a Sackboy plushie, bookends, and ingame costumes of Clu from TRON, Gonzo from the Muppets, Ratchet and Clank from well Ratchet and Clank, an Alien from Toy Story, Jak and Daxter from Jak and Daxter, and 4 animal costumes. I pre-ordered the game from Gamestop which means I have a code for an extra Clu and the 4 animal costumes. I have the code listed on Ebay, if anyone is interested in the costumes who didn't get the Collectors Edition or order from Gamestop.
If anyone wants to group up to get the multiplayer items in story mode, my PSN ID is Ziroc.
Picked up Heavy Rain for the PS3 and some manga this week. Heavy Rain is a really good game. It's classified as an "Interactive Drama" Because while you do control the characters in some instances such as searching areas for clues, the majority of the game is made up of Quick Time Events (QTE). Over the coarse of the game you control 4 different characters as they attempt to discover who the Origami Killer is, and save his latest victim. If one of the characters dies during the game they remain dead for the remainder of the game unless you reload the previous chapter to try and not get them killed. The action sequences are exciting as you try to keep the character alive during a fight or while driving a car into oncoming traffic.
The manga I got this week was Trigun Maximum vol 2, Yotsuba&! vol 2 and 3, and Negima! vol 25 .
Sony is making 1,000 yard sign sized billboards with working lights and ladders advertising their upcoming PS3 game LittleBigPlanet. They will be placing these signs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, and are actually hoping people will steal them. Why would they want their signs stolen? Because they believe that the stolen signs that end up on Ebay will be great advertising for their game.
Do you think this is a good idea, or waste of money?
for the PS3 and some manga this week. Heavy Rain is a really good game. It's classified as an "Interactive Drama" Because while you do control the characters in some instances such as searching areas for clues, the majority of the game is made up of Quick Time Events (QTE). Over the coarse of the game you control 4 different characters as they attempt to discover who the Origami Killer is, and save his latest victim. If one of the characters dies during the game they remain dead for the remainder of the game unless you reload the previous chapter to try and not get them killed. The action sequences are exciting as you try to keep the character alive during a fight or while driving a car into oncoming traffic. 
